Iter Britanniarum; Or, that Part of the Itinerary of Antoninus which Relates to Britain, with a New CommentThomas Reynolds |
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... urns are another fpecies of Roman antiquities , which are found in the neighbourhood of places once inhabited by ... urns in their funerals , but Brown , who wrote a final treatife exprefly on the fubject of Urn Burial , is of opinion ...
... urns are another fpecies of Roman antiquities , which are found in the neighbourhood of places once inhabited by ... urns in their funerals , but Brown , who wrote a final treatife exprefly on the fubject of Urn Burial , is of opinion ...
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... urns , coins , and a cornelian . Dr. Hunter is of opinion , that there has been a confiderable pottery at this place . He has feveral pieces of pots , found here , with fome imperfect figures on them . One piece had AMANDUS upon it ...
... urns , coins , and a cornelian . Dr. Hunter is of opinion , that there has been a confiderable pottery at this place . He has feveral pieces of pots , found here , with fome imperfect figures on them . One piece had AMANDUS upon it ...
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... " His learned editor Gibson ' adds , that " what his author has faid of the antiquity of Kirbythore has been further confirmed by urns , infcriptions , infcriptions , & c . The name is not Wheallop 184 ITER BRITANNIA RU M.
... " His learned editor Gibson ' adds , that " what his author has faid of the antiquity of Kirbythore has been further confirmed by urns , infcriptions , infcriptions , & c . The name is not Wheallop 184 ITER BRITANNIA RU M.
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... urns , or inscriptions found at this place . Cefar's tower is the only piece of antiquity , but it is not abfolutely faid to be Roman . Its name however , and its durability intimate , that it was supposed to be fo . MP . XIII . ] The ...
... urns , or inscriptions found at this place . Cefar's tower is the only piece of antiquity , but it is not abfolutely faid to be Roman . Its name however , and its durability intimate , that it was supposed to be fo . MP . XIII . ] The ...
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... urns , bones , and flips of copper . That the town was Roman is abfolutely certain from the coins , and infcriptions found here . Thus plainly are the remains evinced to be Roman . And thus clearly have we found , what industry has ...
... urns , bones , and flips of copper . That the town was Roman is abfolutely certain from the coins , and infcriptions found here . Thus plainly are the remains evinced to be Roman . And thus clearly have we found , what industry has ...
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affigned againſt alfo almoſt alſo ancient antiquaries Antoninus appears becauſe Bremenium Britain Britiſh Caerleon caftle called Camden Cary's caſtle Cheſter circumftance coaft confequence confiderable copies Corbridge courſe croffed defcribed deſcription diſcovered diſtance Dubris eaſt Eburacum Effay Effex fame favour fays feems feven feveral fhews fhould fide fince firſt fituation fome fouth fquare ftones fuch fufficient fuppofed Gibſon Gough Hadrian hill Horfley houſe infcription iſland Iter Itin Itinerary itſelf laſt meaſured Middlewich miles moſt muſt numbers obferves Ogilby opinion paffage paffed paffes pariſh Paterfon pavement Piercebridge pofition poſition preſent proof Ptolemy reaſon river Road Book Roman antiquities Roman camp Roman coins Roman road Roman town ſeems ſeveral ſmall ſome ſpeaks Speen ſtage ſtands ſtate ſtation ſtill ſtone ſtreet Stukeley ſuppoſed thefe theſe theſe towns thoſe tumulus ufque urns uſed village viſible wall Watling ſtreet Weffeling weft weſt Wroxeter
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Page 141 - He bequeathed, as a valuable legacy to his successors, the advice of confining the empire within those limits which nature seemed to have placed as its permanent bulwarks and boundaries: on the west the Atlantic ocean; the Rhine and Danube on the north; the Euphrates on the east; and towards the south the sandy deserts of Arabia and...
Page vi - ... there is almost neither cape, nor bay, haven, creek or pier, river or confluence of rivers, breches, washes, lakes, meres, fenny waters, mountains, valleys, moors, heaths, forests, woods, cities, boroughs, castles, principal manor places, monasteries, and colleges, but I have seen them; and noted in so doing a whole world of things very memorable.
Page 365 - ... parts by a meridian line. Both the banks are ftill left, one to the fouth the other to the north ; and thefe had walls upon them too. The traces of all the walls are ftill manifcft a"nd fome parts of them left.
Page 116 - Mr. W. informs us, (chap. 3.) that in the year 1757 the fcience of Roman antiquities 'received an extraordinary illumination' from the difcovery of a work which contains a curious account of Roman Britain, and exhibits a new Itinerary for the whole of ir.
Page 465 - The church is remarkable for the coronation and burial of the Kings of England. Upon this spot is said formerly to have stood a temple of Apollo, which was thrown down by an earthquake in the time of Antoninus Pius; from the ruins of which Sebert, King of the East Saxons, erected another to St.
Page 268 - Teith, defcend each from a chain of lakes ; the one on the north, and the other on the fouth, fide of the lofty mountain Sen Liddie.
Page 408 - XXVIIII. mp XXI. in Medio VIIII. Orrea VIIII. Victoria XVIII. ad Vallum XXXII. Luguballia LXXX. Brocavonacis XXII. ad Alaunam mp ... Coccio mp... Mancunio XVIII. Condate XXIII. Mediolano XVIII. Etoceto m. p Salinis m. p Glebon colonia mp ... Corino XIIII.
Page 268 - The outward line contained about an acre of ground, within which was a mount, like the Keep...
Page 53 - Among the military it seems likely that the method of burying money would be pursued in general, for as the Roman forces were paid in copper money, called therefore JEs Militare, a service of any duration would occasion such an accumulation of this ponderous coin as could not be carried about by the soldier in his numerous marches ; the surest method, therefore, would be to deposit it in a spot known only to himself ; but as it frequently happened that these veterans died before they had an opportunity...